A lovely day on the reserve yesterday and lots of families came from lunchtime onwards. Main sightings and counts:-
WET MEADOW2 Snipe2 Little EgretDRAPER3 Stock Dove1 Curlew (just flew past but didn't land)2 OystercatcherL33 Little Grebe7 Gadwall6 Pochard
L2 (Tern Hide)50+ Black-headed Gulls2 Little Grebe
L1 (Gadwall Hide)57 Gadwall29 Shoveler2 Shelduck10 Snipe1 Redshankc30 Lapwing3 Common Gulls1 Lesser black-backed Gull1 Green Sandpiper
KINGFISHERBoth male and female Kingfishers were about frequently and going in and out of the next hole. The children who were able to see them, particularly through my telescope, were thrilled; for most it was the first time that they had seen one.